Loved the Paintball 2.0 version of Leon'e spaghetti Westerns and can't wait for the conclusion. I think I loved it more than the original paintball episode just for Fort Hawthorne having the dancing woman nerd and then the dancing guy nerd for Jeff (you know, because he's gay).

I still maintain that Parks and Rec is funnier but it's definitely an apples/oranges argument as both are awesome for very different reasons. The home run streak Parks & Rec has been on is reaching Ruthian proportions. It's just been A+ episode week after week this season, especially after the first 6 which were taped something like 18 months ago. Every one onward from the Harvest Festival episode has been tremendous. Ken Tremendous in fact...

I remember seeing all of the pregnant chick stuff during that episode. I had to keep rewinding it to show my wife.

Just finished A Fist Full of Paintballs. This show is so fucking good. There's really nothing like it.

The last show that I thought was under appreciated that I liked as much as I like Community was Better Of Ted. I don't really want to compare the two because they are nothing alike and Community is clearly better. But BoT made me laugh my ass off and I'm pretty sure I was the only person on the face of the earth that watched it, which is kind of the feeling I got watching Community last year.

Now, Community seems to have found an audience. Bot never made it that far.

My only complaint this season was how little the writers gave Britta. I know it's hard to do with an ensemble cast, but pretty much everyone in the group got some major story arc... except Britta. I don't mind the extra attention given to the Annie character, I just hope we get more Britta storylines next season. Especially cause she's my favorite. Britta for the WIN!

I love Aziz Ansari, his CC stand up was one of the better ones i've seen in a long time. But I just cannot get into P&R, i've tried, I like some of the chracters, but it just doesn't do it for me. Amy Poelher just annoys me.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I love Aziz Ansari, his CC stand up was one of the better ones i've seen in a long time. But I just cannot get into P&R, i've tried, I like some of the chracters, but it just doesn't do it for me. Amy Poelher just annoys me.

Actually..same with me, to a T.

It's the one major block from me trying to enjoy it. And agreed, Aziz is brilliant, stumbled on his standup purely on accident last year and was blown away.

It's a damn shame too, because I really dig Michael Schur's work (FJM was awesome, as were some of the eps he wrote for the office), it's just Amy Poehler is that one major block for me.

Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

And eye, Pawnee is definitely Springfield. Parks & Rec has a crazy cast of town residents that mirror Springfield while Community just has weird community college students that every sitcom about college life has (aside from Magnitude.... POP! POP!).

1) you are missing the fundamental nature of the shows in terms of being crazy criteria on pop-culture and society re: Community and the Simpsons

and

2) you are insane if you think characters like Leonard, Starburns, The Dean, Magnitude, etc are in every sitcom about college life. The only good Sitcom about college life ever was Undeclared and to say the stylistic difference is miles is not doing it justice. The college is nothing more than a backdrop in Community, and Harmen will tell you as much.

Fact is Community is the new version of the Simpsons in terms of societal critiques and building the an absurdly large crazy community. Parks and Rec may have a similar community but it is and will remain a show done in the style of The Office. Just better. Way better.

Swerb wrote:Go start a blog if you want to tell the world your incomprehendible ramblings.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I have a big arm and can throw the ball pretty damn far...... maybe even over those moutains. The Browns should sign me, i'll let you all in locker room to drink beer. Then we can all go out the parking lot to watch me do motorcycle stunts.

Almost anything the Russo brothers are involved with is funny and smart. Sometimes too smart for people which is the reason Arressted Development got axed. Too many people were not smart enough for that humor.

Have you checked out their latest offering? Happy Endings on ABC Wednesday nights. IMHO I think it is funnier than Community

Part 1 of 4 of what is going to be an awesome look at the makings of the smartest show out there...

BTW: just catching up on WTF again (during basketball playoffs I have less time) and finally got to the Harmon interview there. Guy is so effing smart.

He's also really neurotic which you can tell by reading the AV Club article. Glad to see he's blocking out the critics and fans. Basic Rocket Science and Messianic Myths are way better than he's giving them credit for even with his raised expectations for them before they aired. Also really interesting to hear he's not gonna milk the college thing beyond its last drop and that it's possible for there to be a show after Greendale (even if I dunno how they'd make it work).

By the by, that alternate arc for Chang is mad fucked up. Love the show's absurd elements but that's some batshit craziness.

Hikohadon wrote:Paul Rudd's character on Parks & Rec this week was classic.

Parks & Rec > Community

Now and forever. Even with everybody reminiscing about the awesome Community episodes, Parks & Rec just keeps cranking out winner after winner. Unprecedented streak going back to the beginning of last season. The Model U.N. episode was an instant classic.

None of this takes away from the fact that I still miss the hell out of Community. This is the darkest timeline.

Paul Rudd's character is actually the first thing I would put on last years level this season. P and R has fallen into a life and cut B+ run. The Amy and Ben stuff is too much too often now, Lowe is getting repetitive and the Andy/April relationship not being used beyond side show C plot.

Very good season, but not nearly the A+ streak of last year

And I openly admit Community has been a crazy roller coaster this year itself.

I just would never, in a million years, run this seasons P and R against last years.

Lowe is repetitive but they seem to be using him less than last year now that he and Ben aren't working in close proximity. I think the Amy and Ben stuff is fine, just a natural progression of their characters rather than a quick, forced, relationship like most sitcoms that aren't named The Office. I still can't get enough of Andy and April. This past episode was a perfect example with them going to all the doctor's offices in one week, culminating in Andy failing the eye test (coffee mug, middle finger, squiggly, squiggly, squiggly) followed by April: "Oh my god, you drove us here!". I'd say this season has been an A- compared to the A+ of last season.